BERLINDE DE BRUYCKERE

Berlinde de Bruyckere

“Berlinde de Bruyckere was born in 1964 in the Belgian city of Gent, where she lives and works

today.

In her sculptural work she uses wax, wood, wool, leather and horsehair, modelling intense gures

that suggest deformed human and animal forms.

Her sculptures can be seen as images of an archetypal pain, as re ections on themes that have

always concerned human beings: su ering, solitude, death, recollection.”

Elie, 2009.

Wax, epoxy, cushion. Galleria Continua, San Gimignano.

Photo Ela Bialkowska

Romeu, 2010.

Wax, epoxy, iron, wool, cotton, wood

Photo: Stefan Altenburger

Installation view, 'under cover – aus dem Verborgenen.

Berlinde De Bruyckere und Martin Honert', Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, 2006 - 07

Photo: Achim Kukulies